theatrical
adjective
of or relating to the theater or dramatic presentations.
untheatrical
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a word derived from
theatrical.
Example Sentences
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Theater is in Glass’ blood, and theater can inspire even his most untheatrical music, such as his set of 20 solo piano etudes that have in recent years become practically standard repertory.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026
Not only are the 16 songs banal, but they’re untheatrical: Virtually all of them are here’s-how-I’m-feeling-right-this-second power ballads that stop the action of the show dead instead of pushing it forward to the final curtain.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2018
"By their very nature, readings are untheatrical," says Featherstone.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 22, 2010
Even superb performances by Daniil Simkin and Sarah Lane in the Bluebird pas de deux felt curiously untheatrical.
From New York Times ● Jun. 15, 2010
The Scenes of Clerical Life show this strongly, together with a fund of untheatrical pathos which scarcely appears in so genuine a form afterwards.
From A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) by George Saintsbury
